User:Feoffer/sandbox Storming2

Response to the ongoing 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol

Who's who

 * Congressional security
 * Irving, House Sergeant at Arms, refused Capitol police request for National Guard ahead of Jan 6
 * Stenger, Senate Sergeant at Arms, refused Capitol police request for National Guard ahead of Jan 6
 * Sund, Capitol police


 * DoD
 * Acting Sec Def Christopher C. Miller, named to post on  November 9, 2020
 * Kash Patel, named chief of staff to Miller in November 2020


 * Army
 * Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy, promoted in 2017, named Army Sec in 2019
 * Lt. Gen. Walter E. Piatt, director of the Army Staff since March 29, 2019.  During the attack, he stated he could not recommend that Secretary McCarthy approve the request for National Guard


 * DC
 * Mayor Bowser
 * Chief Robert Contee


 * DHS
 * Chad Wolf.  Trump withdrew nomination to permanent post on January 6 reportedly around one hour after Wolf called upon Trump to denounce the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.

Tenure


 * Park police


 * FBI


 * Federal Protection Services

Timeline of Response to storming

 * 12:53p.m.: Rioters overwhelm outer perimeter of the Capitol building,
 * 1:09p.m.: Chief Sund asks House Sergeant at Arms Paul D. Irving and Senate Sergeant at Arms Michael C. Stenger to declare an emergency and call for deployment of the National Guard. Irving and Stenger state that they will forward the request up their chains of command. Soon afterwards, aides to Congressional leaders arrive in Stenger's office and are outraged to learn that he has not yet called for any reinforcement.
 * 1:49p.m.: Capitol Police Chief Sund requests immediate assistance from District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) Commander Maj. Gen. William J. Walker.
 * 1:34 p.m.: D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser requests via phone that Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy provide additional forces.
 * 2:10 p.m. House Sergeant at Arms Irving calls Chief Sund with formal approval to request assistance from the National Guard.
 * 2:22p.m.: Army Secretary McCarthy has a phone call with Mayor Bowser, D.C. Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio, Director of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency Christopher Rodriguez, and leadership of the Metro Police in which additional DCNG support is requested.


 * 2:26p.m.: D.C.'s homeland security director Chris Rodriquez coordinates a conference call with Mayor Bowser, the chiefs of the Capitol Police and Metro Police, and DCNG Maj. Gen. Walker. As the DCNG does not report to a governor, but to the President, Maj. Gen. Walker patched in the Office of the Secretary of the Army, noting that he would need Pentagon authorization to deploy. Lt. Gen. Walter E. Piatt, director of the Army Staff, noted that the Pentagon needed Capitol Police authorization to step onto Capitol grounds. Sund began describing the breach by rioters but the call began unintelligible as multiple people began asking questions at the same time. Metro Police Chief Robert Contee asked for clarification from Capitol Police Chief Sund: "Steve, are you requesting National Guard assistance at the Capitol?" to which Chief Sund replied, "I am making urgent, urgent, immediate request for National Guard assistance." According to Sund, Lt. Gen. Piatt stated, "I don't like the visual of the National Guard standing a police line with the Capitol in the background", and that he prefer that the Guard relieve police posts around D.C. to allow police to deploy to the Capitol. Contee pleaded with Lt. Gen. Piatt to send the Guard, but Lt. Gen. Piatt stated that only Army Secretary McCarthy had the authority to approve such a request and he could not recommend that Secretary McCarthy approve the request for assistance directly to the Capitol. The D.C. officials were subsequently described as "flabbergasted" at this message. McCarthy would later state that he was not in this conference call because he was already entering a meeting with senior Department leadership. Piatt contests this description of the call, denying that he talked about visuals and stating that he stayed on the conference call while senior Defense Department officials were meeting.
 * 2:26p.m.: After receipt of a call from DC Mayor Muriel E. Bowser indicating that DoD had refused to send assistance to the U.S. Capitol, the Public Safety Secretary of Virginia, Brian Moran, dispatches the Virginia State Police to the US capitol as permitted by mutual aid agreement with DC.
 * 2:30p.m.: Secretary Miller, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and Army Secretary McCarthy meet to discuss Capitol Police and D.C. government requests.
 * 2:49 p.m.: Governor of Virginia Ralph Northam activates all available assets of the State of Virginia including the Virginia National Guard to aid the US capitol. Authorization from DoD required for legal deployment of Virginia National Guard in DC was not granted.
 * 2:53 p.m: Last large group of legislators reach safety
 * 3:15 p.m.: First assets from Virginia begin rolling into DC.
 * 6:14 p.m. Perimeter restored on the west side of the Capitol.
 * 8:00 p.m.: U.S. Capitol Police declare the Capitol building to be secure.